Proverbs 23:4
Trauaile not too much to be rich: but cease from thy wisdome.
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
Labour not to be rich: cease from thine own wisdom.
In Context
3Be not desirous of his deintie meates: for it is a deceiuable meate.
Cross References
Proverbs 3:5Trust in the Lord with all thine heart, and leane not vnto thine owne wisdome.
Proverbs 15:27He that is greedie of gaine, troubleth his owne house: but he that hateth giftes, shall liue.
Proverbs 27:24For riches remaine not alway, nor the crowne from generation to generation.
Ecclesiastes 5:13And these riches perish by euill trauel, and he begetteth a sonne, and in his hand is nothing.
Jeremiah 9:22Speake, thus sayth the Lord, The carkeises of men shall lye, euen as the doung vpon the fielde, and as the handfull after the mower, and none shall gather them.
John 6:27Labour not for ye meate which perisheth, but for the meate that endureth vnto euerlasting life, which the Sonne of man shall giue vnto you: for him hath God the Father sealed.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 23:2-4
Cautions against Luxury and Covetousness. 1 When thou sittest to eat with a ruler, consider diligently what is before thee: 2 And put a knife to thy throat, if thou be a man given to appetite. 3 Be not desirous of his dainties: for they are deceitful meat. The sin we are here warned against is luxury and sensuality, and the indulgence of the appetite in eating and drinking, a sin that most easily besets us. 1. We are here told when we enter into temptation, and are in most danger of falling into this sin: " When… Read the whole commentary →